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216 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. ‘ Sess. 1. CH;586. 1900. - M**“*’*“‘”· For the purchase of material for use of United States Engineer School and for instruction of engineer troops at Fort Totten, Willets Point, in their special duties as sappers and miners; for land and submarine mines, pontoniers, torpedo drill, and signaling, one thousand five hundred dollars. ¥¤¤¤*¤¤¤*=¤*¤· For purchase andrepair of instruments, to be issued toofficers of the Corps of Engineers and to officers detailed and on duty as acting gngiineer officers, for use on public works and surveys, three thousand o ars. Library-; For purchase and binding of professional works of recent date treating of military and civil engineering and kindred scientific subjects, for library of the United States EngineeringSchool, five hundred dollars. T¤<>l¤- etc- For pontoon trains, intrenching tools, instruments, and drawing materials, twenty-five thousand do lars; S¤¤’¢F¤¤S· <=¢¤· For- services of surveyors, draftsmen, photographers, clerks to engineer officers on the Staif of division, corps, and department commanders, twenty-five thousand-dollars; Am°¤¤*- Total for Engineer Department, sixty thousand dollars. 0fd¤¤¤¤€ DEW"- o1zDNANcE DEPARTMENT. ment. G¤¤¤¤¤¤X1><=¤¤¤¤· ORDNANCEK SERVICE? For current expenses of the ordnance service required to defray the current expenses at the arsenals; of receiving stores and issuing arms and other ordnance supplies; of police and oiisice duties; of rents, tolls, fuel, and light; of stationery and office furniture; of tools and instruments for use; incide_ntal expenses of the ordnance service and those attending practical trials and tests of ‘ ordnance, small arms, and other ordnance supplies, including payment for mechanical labor in the office of the Chief of Ordnance, three hundred thousand dollars. m»;rE¤8¤j1{¤£;¢i¤¤ fw ORDNANCE, ORDNANCE STORES, AND SUPPLIES: For manufacture or ' purchase of metallic ammunition for small arms and ammunition for reloading cartridges, including the cost of targets and material for targfet practice, ammunition for burials at the National Home for Disabled olunteer Soldiers and itsseveral Branches, including National SoldierS’ Home in Washington, District of Columbia, and at Soldiers and Sailors’ State Homes, and‘marksmen’s medals and insi nia for all arms P"°””°· of the service, seven"hundred‘and fifty thousand doiarst Provided, Digg; °fgb§$>g§f,§1*,gg; That hereafter the Chief of Ordnance is authorized to issue such obso- Soldiers Hémes. lete or condemned ordnance, gun carriages, and ordnance stores as may be needed for ornamental purposes to the Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, the Homesto pay for transportation out of any appropriation for current expenses. m§gg*§Q;§eg¤gcP’°· For repairing and Preserving ordnance and ordnance stores in the `hands of troops and or issue at the arsenals and depots, seventy-five thousand dollars. i s,g;g*,{§h¤¤€¤f°’ ’€q“i· For purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores to fill requisitions ` of troops, five hundred thousand dollars. Equipments- For infantry, cavalry, and artillery equipments, including horse equipments for cavalry and artillery, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. nfL’;°gj"*¤g·°'°··°'d‘ For overhauling, cleaning, and lpreserving newordnance and ordnance stores on hand at the arsena s and depots, fifty thousand dollars. _ llroming and even- For iiring the morning and evening gun at military posts prescribed m° gui" by General Orders, Numbered Seventy, Headquarters of the Army, dated Jul twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and at National Plyome for Disabled lgolunteer Soldiers and its several Branches, including Natidnal Soldiers’ Home in Washington, District of Columbia, and at Soldiers and Sailors’ State Homes, including material for cartridges, bags, and so forth, twenty-five thousand dollars. ·